Quick Spin: 2012 Porsche Boxster Black Edition

If you’re a fan of the outgoing 987 Boxster, and you like the colour black, check out my road test at MSN Autos Canada. Full review after the jump.

2011 in Review: The worst car I drove for >$40k

By John LeBlanc Let me be clear: I’ve never understood the romantic fascination with late 1960s American muscle cars. They were poorly made. Space inefficient. Handled like a bag of squirrels. And consumed fossil fuels like a starving man at an all-you-can-eat buffet. Yet here we are, four decades later, and the U.S. brands still […]

2011 in Review: The best driving experience

By John LeBlanc Over the course of any year’s worth of an auto writer’s work, you’ll find many reports of us driving new, fast cars on closed circuits and race courses. But many of these so-called “track” events are either hampered by a limited number of laps, limited number of cars, or a slower-than-hoped for […]

From the Fleet: 2012 Infiniti M35 Hybrid

FROM THE FLEET are brief synopses of manufacturer-supplied rides that happen to end up in my laneway – JL The auto industry’s recent niche-within-a-niche product strategies have left us with some weird and quite often oxymoronic mutant forms of four-wheeled transportation. Strange car type combos like “four-door coupes” and “sports activity vehicles” come immediately to […]

Best 2011 Performance Car for <$50k

By John LeBlanc As the new 2012 models start to infiltrate new car showrooms, here are my top picks of remaining 2011 models that may still be lingering on dealer lots:

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